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Persephone's ideal world session 1

In the flicker of a candle-flame, in the stir of still water, in the fluttering of flower petals, there is a voice.

Once, there was a maiden...
...who was the living embodiment of everything right in the world.
While she lived, no real harm could come to anyone. Oh, wounds, disease, even death, sure. But she stood between the world and anything worse.
"Except," she said, "I'm going to die." And no one listened.
"I'm going to die tomorrow," she said. And no one heard.
Into the silence, she said: "There's always an ending, after all."

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The phone displays the following:

Once, there was a maiden...
...who lived in a tomb, and the tomb was made in her image.
Because she lived in a tomb, she became like the dead.
She slept, and dreamed.
And sometimes, woke, and walked within the confines of her tomb.
"Why do you move?" her own ghost asked. "Why walk at all?"
"I am not trapped while yet I run," said she.

Wake Persephone from his dream. Convince him to return to reality.

Warnings: self-sacrifice/martyrdom is the big one. also avoidable references to sexual coercion and abusive romantic relationships.
No powers, whether imeeji or canon ones, function while in Persephone's ideal world.
You can have whatever items you would have on you, except weapons. Technological items don't function, except for the phone, which only displays the instructions.
Weapons can either just be Not Here and return to your possession after leaving the ideal world or they can turn into a flower of your choice and turn back on leaving the ideal world.
Any character who identifies as male primarily and is 1) physically over the age of 20 or 2) identifies as/considers himself an adult temporarily physically deages to being a youth (so, physically a teenager). This is physical only and temporary, it reverses on leaving the ideal world. Basically the idea is "No Men in Persephone's ideal world".
If you are in the same location as other characters, you can talk to them. ~~Please do, it would amuse me.~~

You find yourselves standing in a garden, twilight shading towards night, and the moon is beginning to rise. It's a very beautiful garden, peaceful and serene, with all kinds of flowers: white lilies, blooming sakura, all of sensitIV's position flowers both past and present (especially wisteria). There are a few other flowers mixed in, too, like amaranth. An occasional shimmering butterfly will wing its way past.

In addition to the flowers, in the garden is a large pond: very still, very mirrorlike. There is also a tall, slender youth with long pale hair and purple eyes with constellations in them, here too. He is resting among the flowers, as if he is waiting for someone, though he has bit of a harried body language, too.

Eh—?

...this is beautiful, but—where am I?

[ .......aw shit here we go again.

She checks for her weapon immediately (because of course she does); can't even bring herself to be mad when she finds it exchanged a sheaf of rice.

—And then she approaches the youth immediately. ]

Please say that my son is not dreaming the very same dream as before.

[Imagine more youthful icons, but he looks around and especially up at the sky for a few long moments.

And then he approaches the slightly bothered youth.]

Edited 2021-12-31 00:05 (UTC)

[Valor is here, studying the poem on his phone. He's de-aged to a skinny seventeen-year-old, but he's changed in other ways, too. He's missing the perpetual sallow, sickly complexion he had, as well as the red streaks in his hair, and his eyes are brown instead of crimson.]

...Well, shit, someone from back home. I should shake down Lark for a fucking list some time.

[Waving.]

Does not the trees give part of it away?

[de-aged to about 17. also missing the sickly complexion and red eyes/hair if she remembers his appearance enough to notice.]

No fucking clue.

Um—well, the obvious would be "a forest," but this doesn't look exactly like any of the gardens I've seen, Sir...

[even at the physical age of sixteen instead of mid-thirties and with his voice much higher, still settling instead of its adult pitch, the youth is still recognizable as Kirsi.]

Uh, I don't think it's the exact same dream, though I'm not sure. I'm here now, which makes it...different?

[ They probably last saw each other at Cardinal's graduation—at which occasion Amaranth had tried but failed not to cry.

She offers Emet a nod of greeting. ]

And so we find ourselves in my son's dream garden again.
The form of a youth sits well on you, though I suppose it confirms that at least one of his fears remains unchanged.

Mm... though, the feeling is... familiar.

...Kirsi, isn't it?
I'm a little surprised that even you he can't quite trust at your true age.

Still, if you'll share what knowledge you have of this place, I'd be grateful. I have more than half a mind to try to reach the bottom of that pond this time.

[the sky is dark and clear, and the stars are visible. the constellations are like none of you have ever seen before. even at the physical age of sixteen, with his voice much higher, still settling into adulthood, he's recognizable as Kirsi,from Persephone's heart game (and one of his memories).]

Hi. I suppose you're looking for some...information? Help? ...Something?

Maybe it's someone you know. Anyone who likes flowers too fucking much coming to mind?

[ignore icons, teenager. etc.]

There's certainly a number, though smaller than it used to be.

[ speaking of people from "back home"— ]

...You're Crow That Heralds the Red Rain. Aren't you.
I've seen you about, though I still can't quite believe it.

It would be more whimsical. Such ever was their nature.

[He bows.]

I think we've only met in passing. Alexander.

...that's the whole of my unit, Sir.

It's ridiculous. As if I could be confined to just one form.

[He sighs.]

Do you imagine it will ever heal?

[ well fancy meeting you here. ]

He barely remembers the real me, so it's not really a surprise.

Well, I'm not sure that's a good idea but I definitely can't stop you if that's what you want to do. But the same trick you used to break his dream last time probably won't work so well this time.

Correct. Where is Persephone?

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